reblogarythm | Entries tagged with games

This Graph Changed My Life
by Hank Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvtEINcqc6c
this is stuff that's good to remember
via rss
Daybreak solo guide: How to beat the solo game in 3 rounds (or less!)
by Papa Boris
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSgkxxM9Dok
this feels a little too simple, but it helped
via BGG
General pointers for approaching Daybreak
by Remy
https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/3183302/general-pointers-for-approaching-daybreak
this feels a little too simple, but it helped
via going looking for suggestions

How to Become a Millionare by Solving One Math Problem
by Xyla Foxlin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGe2nmRw-sg
a nice quick explainer of the Millennium Problems. her discussion of Hodge is extremely hand-wavy, but mine would be too, so no shade thrown there
via rss
Legendary RPG Designer Breaks Media Silence- Ep. 59
by Kevin Crawford and Steve Winter, with occasional comments from Ben Riggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLe3saMZYk4
meaning no disrespect to Ben, but his best episodes are the ones where the two guests end up interviewing each other
via rss
The Changing Room Illusion
by Michael A. Cohen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXk-Oc35oN4
i'm not surprised that this works, but it's still impressive to (not) watch
via TYWKIWDBI
Iranian Blackout Affected Misinformation Campaigns
by Bruce "Bruce Schneier" Schneier
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/iranian-blackout-affected-misinformation-campaigns.html
that's not suspicious at all
via rss
Is there such a thing as a magnitude 0 earthquake?
by Randall Munroe
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FKXVs4UteSc
there sure is, it's an open-ended scale in both directions!
via rss
342760575891993352
by Peregrin Took with assistance from [citation needed]
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Futdwmmz10g951.jpg
apparently [citation needed] speaks French?
via discord
Nouveau Nonfiction
by Matthew Surridge
https://www.splicetoday.com/writing/nouveau-nonfiction
i've read and appreciated three of the discussed books. perhaps i need to track down the other ones as well?
via discord
A Scots Tune
by Brandon Acker, playing a tune from the Jane Pickering Lute Book (1616)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I27_gx2VDSQ
some pleasant lute music
via looking for some pleasant lute music

Fashion tips for writing math.
by Ben Orlin
https://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2025/06/30/fashion-tips-for-writing-math/
i don't agree with everything here, but i think i agree with most of it
via rss
Beloved Drumheller dinosaur set for tests ahead of possible extinction
by Bill Graveland
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/tyra-dino-drumheller-1.7573672
hopefully Tyra's got a bright future ahead of her!
via rss
#TheMoment a moose stuck its head in a car in Jasper
by Kellie Paxian
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6815713
that's closer than i need to come to a live moose
via rss
Indo-European words for ten
by Starkey Comics
https://i0.wp.com/starkeycomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Indo-European-Words-TEN-1-PNG-1.png?ssl=1
fascinating to see the relationships here
via discord
Trump's 51st state comments can be taken as 'term of endearment': U.S. ambassador
by Racy Rafique
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/pete-hoekstra-trump-51st-state-1.7574449
mr.ambassador, being leered at collectively by an adjudicated rapist does not constitute endearment in my books
via rss
Etymonopoly: A Free Print-and-Play Game for Language Lovers
by Ryan Starkey with Antti Hukkanen
https://starkeycomics.com/2025/01/16/etymonopoly/
might be funner than the original game, not that that's a high bar....
via poking around after link 4
Bifurcation: The secret giant islands formed when rivers split
by Ryan Starkey
https://starkeycomics.com/2021/06/10/bifurcation-the-secret-giant-islands-formed-when-rivers-split/
apparently i live on an island?
via poking around after link 6
Every OS Sucks
by Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRlPTbKHIPQ
i don't think i'd seen the video before. not sure how i feel about the narrative it adds to the song.
via looking for it online, finding it

raga Bilaskhani Todi
by pandit Kushal Das
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ael8iSX673I
in case you need a morning raga to listen to
via looking for a morning raga to listen to
A Deluge of Metanarrative Bullshit
by Sean Paul Kelley
https://www.ianwelsh.net/a-deluge-of-metanarrative-bullshit/
i mean, i'm generally skeptical of narrative, so this fits
via rss
Why Big Tech Turned Against Democrats — and Democracy
by Paul Krugman
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-big-tech-turned-against-democrats
looks like a plausible analysis to me
via rss
ad
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/ad
i suspect that whether you consider this the best possible joke or not tells us something about you as a person. possibly not something good.
via rss
The 13 Trick
by Vsauce
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/d4xzmMuJTWs
looks fun
via discord
A Swarm of New Asteroids
by Rubin Observatory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTuq-vBsDJE
that's a lot of asteroids!
via TYWKIWDBI
As You Like It
by some hack named Shakespeare, directed by David Horack
https://www.freewillshakespeare.com/mainstage-show
could be a fun production. i've seen another one in the last few years, and may have to compare
via email
I'm a proud Québécois. Moving to Alberta helped me feel even more Canadian
by Thomas Aguinaga
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/west-quebec-alberta-canadian-first-person-1.7537123
this is how a multicultural canada is supposed to work
via rss

White & Nerdy (Take #1)
by "Weird Al" Yankovic and Donny Osmond
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vq6OncN6_Fo
i feel seen
via discord
Pulp Fiction Game
by cinefix
https://cosmonautroger.tumblr.com/post/786846884437344256/pulp-fiction-game
this is really well done
via wil
Male stick insect hatches from all-female colony at Science World in 'extremely rare' event
by Cheryl Chan
https://vancouversun.com/news/rare-male-stick-insect-hatched-from-all-female-colony-in-science-world
yay rare insect scenario!
via FB, but not directly, cuz meta hates canadian news and vice-versa
The Simple $1,000,000 Problem No One Can Solve
by Veritasium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x32Zq-XvID4
(it's the Goldbach conjecture)
via rss
Ķ
by Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B6
purely for the disambiguation
via discord

In classic Friday afternoon bad-news dump, UCP moves to make COVID vaccines expensive and hard to find
by David Climenhaga
https://albertapolitics.ca/2025/06/in-classic-friday-afternoon-bad-news-dump-ucp-moves-to-make-covid-vaccines-expensive-and-hard-to-find/
some analysis on yesterday's utterly stupid news story
via rss
Every card has a story
by Daybreak game
https://www.daybreakgame.org/explore-cards
a little simpler than scanning a QR code every time you want details about a card
via going looking
The self-moving traffic cones
by Hank Green bothering Tom Scott, Daniel Peake, and Ceri Riley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3B9VOkI5Bc
this totally checks out
via nosing around youtube
a different variety of oreo
by kuvaton?
https://kuvaton.tumblr.com/post/786208923330953216
looks tasty!
via wil

The Twenty-One Second God
by Peter Watts
https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-twenty-one-second-god/
in case you need a short story in the setting of Blindsight. i mean, i know i do. if you do too, condolences?
via FB
The Board Game With No Rules
by Shut Up & Sit Down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Egd9DYJZ5c
i feel like this is almost a game i'd really enjoy?
via discord

Passacaglia and Fugue BWV 582
by J.S.Bach, arranged and performed by James Howard Young
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhTsuuk5WMU
on four recorders! sadly, the big one doesn't have the low octave pedal point
via youtube recommends
"There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life...."
by John Rogers
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/366635-there-are-two-novels-that-can-change-a-bookish-fourteen-year
the topic came up in conversation
via recalling it
The SECRET Every DM NEEDS To Know (2025 Edition)
by Dungeon Craft
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2mjYDF3o-M
apologies for clickbait-y title, but his two points are worthwhile. may not be suitable for players of TTRPGs.
via youtube recommends
When Financiers Win, They Lose
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/when-financiers-win-they-lose/
this is a simple take, and as such, probably not entirely correct. but it's a good first approximation
via rss

Being diagnosed with autism as an adult in Alberta
by Kim Siever
https://albertaworker.ca/politics/being-diagnosed-with-autism-as-an-adult-in-alberta/
not planning on getting assessed myself any time soon, but a lot of this was relatable
via rss
Advanced World Creation
by Jeff Grubb and Kevin Kulp, allegedly talking with Ben Riggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVVq0_lPUsg
cuz Ben barely gets a word in as the other two continuously nerd at each other
via rss
8 Prinzessinnen
by Monika Roscher Bigband
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwq0Fd8qYKU
in case you need some fantasy-themed prog big band
via MWM

The Church by the Sea
by Joshua Ginsberg
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-church-by-the-sea-aka-the-chicken-church-madeira-beach-florida
what a fun-looking structure
via looking it up after seeing a picture in discord
Corgis have an extremely low center of gravity and the density of a dead star.
by Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ
https://bsky.app/profile/padresj.bsky.social/post/3lpie6nziqs25
dog got mad skillz
via discord
A Brief History of Traveller
by Shannon Appelcline speaking with Ben Riggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMwZcnTysHM
a fun talk. i gotta play more traveller one of these decades
via rss
Fun variants of Scrabble
by TYWKIWDBI
https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2019/08/fun-variants-of-scrabble.html
more fun than the usual rules, IMHO
via rss
Trump‘s budgetary “cruelty” and more
by Paul Krugman speaking with Anand Giridharadas
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/paul-krugman-on-trumps-budgetary
good to hear someone poking at Krugman from the left, and he has some good responses
via rss

The Ultimate Guide to Cooking Beans in the Instant Pot
by simply quinoa
https://simply-quinoa.s3.amazonaws.com/Beans+in+the+Instant+Pot.pdf
cuz often the guidelines don't discuss soaked vs unsoaked
via going looking. pinto beans now cooking.
The Spiritual Odyssey of Malcolm X
by James Ford
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/monkeymind/2025/05/the-spiritual-odyssey-of-malcolm-x.html
what a fascinating journey, so sadly cut short
via rss
Faculty claim U of A is bargaining in bad faith
by Kim Siever
https://albertaworker.ca/news/faculty-claim-u-of-a-is-bargaining-in-bad-faith/
these secret PBCO orders really need to get some sunlight on them
via rss
COMMIT TO THE BIT
by John Green
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suipiqewpzc
i don't think i'd heard the term "bit commitment" before. i like it.
via getting interested in the origin of the phrase "commit to the bit", and going looking
coopgestalt
by coopgestalt
https://coopgestalt.com/
in case you're looking for co-operative board games
via going looking for some

A Problem with Infinite Hotel Keys
by Tom Crawford in conversation with Brady Haran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uezOrcmHzrQ
it is, of course, all about e
via rss
This Vancouver housing co-op is facing a $1M tax if it wants to renew its lease for more than 30 years
by CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vancouver-housing-co-op-property-transfer-tax-1.7536390
yikes! that legislation needs a cut-out for not-for-profit housing!
via rss
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology pausing 18 programs amid financial pressures
by Emily Williams
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/northern-alberta-institute-of-technology-pausing-18-programs-amid-financial-pressures-1.7536597
yikes! that's a lot of programs being cut!
via rss
We can live well, even though we don’t have a higher purpose
by Alexis Shotwell
https://psyche.co/ideas/we-can-live-well-even-though-we-dont-have-a-higher-purpose
an existentialist perspective, based in the writings of Ursual K le Guin
via discord
How to 'See' the 4th Dimension with Topology
by Maggie Miller speaking to Quanta Magazine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MURzTFRRuJQ
yup, dimension 4 is a weirdo
via youtube recommends
A War Without End
by Ursula K le Guin
https://www.versobooks.com/en-ca/blogs/news/3585-a-war-without-end-by-ursula-k-le-guin
an excellent discussion. read it in connexion with link 4, above
via FB
Beyond Solitaire Podcast 189: Ada Palmer on LARPing the Renaissance
by Ada Palmer speaking with Liz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3UUWwMSZ_o
a wonderful and wide-ranging conversation
via checking to see what she'd done on youtube recently

Several conferences relocate north of the border as Canadians refuse to travel to the U.S.
by Sophia Harris
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/conference-us-travel-1.7531255
this is (sadly) no surprise
via rss
It Awaits Your Experiments.
by Peter Watts
https://www.rifters.com/crawl/?p=11511
in which the good doctor gets eloquent about someone else getting eloquent in bacteria
via rss
What was the first RPG? It ain't what you think...
by Jon Peterson speaking to Ben Riggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAXVDKtH4e0
it's rather more complicated than you might expect. now i may need to track down Jon's books....
via rss
the VelociPastor
by Brendan Steere et al
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1843303/
apparently this is a real thing that exists?!?!?
via FB

Winners of the Tolkien Society Awards 2025 Announced
by Jeremy Edmonds
https://www.tolkiensociety.org/2025/04/winners-of-the-tolkien-society-awards-2025-announced/
could anyone have predicted the winner in the "Best Book" category?
via hearing a partial announcement
Quebec must recognize families with more than 2 parents, Superior Court rules
by Antoni Nerestant and Hénia Ould-Hammou
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/multi-parent-families-rights-children-quebec-civil-code-1.7519867
good news for polyfolk? maybe?
via discord and then rss
Mike Mearls + Kelsey Dionne = An Hour of Happy Ep. 50
by Kelsey Dionne and Mike Mearls speaking proximate to Ben Riggs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRPJ_61QnWs
in which it turns out that these two game designers are sort of the same person ish?
via rss
Suit up! Red Deer friends create epic suit of armour
by Gonzalo and Bernardo Franco, and Alex Osborn
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6733696
nifty looking suit. i wonder how much it weighs
via rss
How Biz Profs Destroyed Free Markets
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/how-biz-profs-destroyed-free-markets/
not sure that the title precisely fits the piece, but the piece is good
via rss
Move Fast and Break Kings
by Cory Doctorow talking to Some Dude
https://flipboard.video/w/2aH2AFNTPjcdWCMqjPB5N3
some good Q+A (and some good methodology around Q+A!)
via Cory's blog
Today in Amusing Middle English...
by aeschylus-stan-account
https://skulandcrossbones.tumblr.com/post/665174471168114688/today-in-amusing-middle-english-i-came-across-an
this word is wlonk
via discord
Liberal Party Wins Canadian Election
by Ian Welsh
https://www.ianwelsh.net/liberal-party-wins-canadian-election/
i mostly agree with Ian's analysis
via rss

101 years, 1 house: London centenarian given heritage award for care of lifelong home
by Matthew Trevithick
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/101-years-1-house-london-centenarian-given-heritage-award-for-care-of-lifelong-home-1.7513569
that's kind of impressive. london, ontario, btw, afaict
via rss
Crown of Saint Wenceslas
by Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_of_Saint_Wenceslas
that's a look that one could go for. i suppose. apparently. i like the legend, though.
via word of mouth followed by a wiki search
Pakistani Carrot Rice Pudding/ Gajrela (Gajar ki Kheer)
by Henna
https://chaiandchurros.com/gajrela/
is tasty
via trying some
368 Chickens
by 368 Chickens
https://368chickens.com/
in case you need a way to waste time on the internets
via discord a while back

How to Treat A Bean Right, Because Recession
by doxiepowder
https://www.reddit.com/r/EatCheapAndHealthy/comments/fkh4al/how_to_treat_a_bean_right_because_recession/
i know (and do!) a bunch of this. nonetheless, a bunch of ideas worth investigating further
via wil
How to Cook Dried Beans
by Daniel Gritzer
https://www.seriouseats.com/how-to-cook-dried-beans

via previous link
Peter Watts On ‘Blindsight’, ‘Armored Core’ And Working With Neill Blomkamp
by Ollie Barder
https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2025/04/09/peter-watts-on-blindsight-armored-core-and-working-with-neill-blomkamp/
a nice little check-in with Dr.Watts
via discord
Murderbot — Official Trailer
by Murderbot and friends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEioDeOiqEs
i think i am experiencing an emotion about this
via discord
"Does System Even Matter?"
by Bob World Builder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxEzAJImHQY
on the one hand, bob has selected an excellent metaphor. on the other hand, i feel like bob's horizons on RPGs (and stringed instruments!) could be even wider
via youtube recommends

What's wrong with tariffs
by Cory Doctorow
https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/02/me-or-your-lying-eyes/#spherical-cows-on-frictionless-surfaces
hint: not everything. including a discussion of the five axioms free trade requires in order to be a good thing, and how those axioms generally don't obtain
via rss
Move the United Nations to Montreal
by Taylor C. Noakes
https://cultmtl.com/2025/03/move-the-united-nations-to-montreal/
i don't know the city well, but it seems like an idea worth considering
via cory doctorow
How to Play
by Daybreak
https://www.daybreakgame.org/how-to-play
a game i may play at some point?
via word of mouth

Val Kilmer, star of Top Gun and Batman Forever, dead at 65
by AP
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/val-kilmer-obituary-1.7499709
so noted
via rss
If not capitalism, then what?
by Kim Siever
https://albertaworker.ca/politics/if-not-capitalism-then-what/
in case you were wondering what an anarcho-syndacalist commune is
via rss
Strix's Reviews > The Hands of the Emperor
by Strix
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7395762809
a good review of a wonderful book
via discord
The Man Who Almost Broke Math (And Himself...)
by Veritasium
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cr46G2K5Fo
check out my new Axiom
Axiom of Choice
via rss
Upton Bass Verbal Appraisals
by Gary Upton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCWCjnTL_vQ
if you're looking for a quick but informed appraisal
via youtube recommends
This puzzle is the first of its kind
by Simone Giertz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdU3lMg5K2A
i'm not sure if this would be a fun puzzle or not
via rss

No. 5790: Γαρφιελδ Ιν Φαυξ Γρεεσε
by Reisen U. Inaba
https://www.mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=5790
yup, it checks out, up to and including that's not greek
via rss
Sharks... even more amazing than you realised
by Rochelle Constantine
https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2025/03/11/sharks-.html
the sharktopus content that you've been waiting for
via cbc
列子御風
by 吳文光
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSeeoPSugAA
in case you need some guqin to listen to (and who doesn't?)
via going looking
Stop using anti-extinct creature language
by [citation needed]
https://64.media.tumblr.com/c4af99b88007145aeddc45a8f455b29f/1c6813632e64abc2-de/s1280x1920/cf64db83ffea6129fb3f0ffa43c0c8578be2f10a.jpg
remember Peter Watts:
The game is never over; there's no finish line this side of heat death. And so, neither can there be any winners. There are only those who haven't yet lost.

via wil
Blindsight: Notes and References Longwinded Version
by Peter Watts
https://rifters.com/real/shorts/PeterWatts_Blindsight_Endnotes.pdf
[source for comment on previous link. probably of more interest to those who've already read Blindsight.]
via going looking for the precise text
Incompetent or Evil: A False Dichotomy
by Paul Krugman
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/incompetent-or-evil-a-false-dichotomy
grabbing Hanlon's Razor with both hands
via rss
Let's talk about the next US-Canadian friction point....
by Belle of the Ranch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqwjAGFOP18
oh boy, another friction point.
via rss
recreating a famous movie poster
by Carrie, Harrison, and Mark
https://wilwheaton.tumblr.com/post/779105851643428864
an excellent use of pastries
via rss
give
by Zach Weinersmith
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/give
this is not the first discussion i've seen today of hydropower. it is the funniest, however
via rss
Veritas
by Cheapass Games
https://www.greaterthangames.com/products/veritas
could be fun?
via discord

Cross-border trips to the U.S. reach COVID lows with nearly 500,000 fewer travellers in February
by John Paul Tasker
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cross-border-trips-decline-235k-february-1.7485695
this is no surprise
via rss
All Games Are Political
by Max Haiven
https://jacobin.com/2025/03/board-games-palestine-daybreak-pandemic/
i've been thinking about this for a while, particularly in the ways that agency is represented in TTRPGs
via Cory Doctorow
This Phantom Swordfight is ⚔️POINTLESS⚔️
by Jill Bearup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbnpHg6D8wc
mostly just because of the continuity stuff in the review
via rss
Kuvarira Mukati
by Thomas Mapfumo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo88ImxL9HA
dat hammond organ with the mbiras!
via looking for more of his stuff on youtube, finding this
Can the city make transit stations safer?
by Emily Fitzpatrick speaking to Anne Stevenson
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6689239
given that they already are safer, i gotta wonder how much of this is some kinds of people not being comfortable in the vicinity of other kinds of people
via rss

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